Extension
It Starts With Us
Develop Life Skills & Promote Family Cohesion
4-H Family and Consumer Sciences
Amburgey, Clemons, Sallie
Family and Consumer Science
Health & Wellbeing
Family and Consumer Science
Leadership
From findings through Community Surveys, Focus Groups, Personal Interviews, and Second Data, Bath County top 3 priority issues are 1) More Youth Life Skills Training, 2) Better Family Skills in Reducing debt, Increasing Savings, and Financial Planning, and 3)More Support For Relatives Raising Children of Family Members.
Based on Data Profile, from CEDIK, in 2016, Bath County’s poverty rate was 24.9% compared to the state average of 18.2%. Median Household Income in 2016 was $36,468 compared to the state’s average of $46,610. 12.7% of 2016 HS graduates in the county earned an industry certificate compared to 19.2% for the state. In 2016, 1,194 youth under the age 18 lived in household that received SSI, Cash Public Assistance, or Food Stamps/SNAP.
Able to apply smart financial behaviors to budgeting, savings, and investments
Future families report economic stability
Improvement of quality of life
Practice of economic management pertaining to savings and investments
Youth adopt short-mid-long term financial goals
Demonstrating practical living skills pertaining to spending
Teens will show knowledge of how their behavior can affect credit scores
Open and able to balance a bank account
Enhance knowledge of Financial Literacy
Understand connection of school performance and job attainment
Understand how family size affects savings and spending
Display knowledge of community sources that pertain to finances
Initial Outcome: Understanding Financial Literacy
Indicator: Youth can define literacy terms
Method: Pre/Post Tests, Word of Mouth, Reported Grades
Timeline: Year Round
Intermediate Outcome: Youth start putting in what they learned to practice
Indicator: Opening of checking and savings accounts
Method: Word of Mouth
Timeline: Year Round
Long-term Outcome: As a young adult, they start practicing financial smart choices
Indicator: Young adult has started using money saving methods and strategies
Method: Verbal Reports
Timeline: Various Times
Audience: Middle School and High School Age Youth
Project or Activity: Reality Store
Content or Curriculum: It's Youth Reality
Inputs: Family Resource Center Directors, Extension Agents, Volunteers
Date: May 2024
Audience: Elementary School Aged Youth, Tweens and Teens
Project or Activity: In School Clubs
Content or Curriculum: Consumer Savvy Series
Inputs: Teachers, 4-H Extension Agent
Date: September 2024 - April 2025
Audience: High School School Aged Youth, Tweens and Teens
Project or Activity: Entrepreneurship
Content or Curriculum: Youth Engagement Leadership Program
Inputs: Teachers, 4-H Extension Agent, Volunteers
Date: September 2024 - May 2025
Audience: Elementary School Aged Youth, Tweens, and Teens
Project or Activity: Health and Cooking Skills
Content or Curriculum: Recipes for Life
Inputs: OES 5th Grade Teachers, 4-H Extension Agents, Parents
Date: March 2024
Author: Robert Amburgey
Major Program: Agriculture
Describe the Issue or Situation.Parents of young children struggle at times finding fun, safe and educational activities through the summer. There is also a need for kids to showcase their 4H projects and talents in a nurturing and productive way. Both of these groups can benefit from 4H summer programs that focus on healthy competition and recognition of their hard work and ways that 4H and extension can provide fun, educational activities during the summer that will help them becom
